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View submission: Elon Musk can’t balance the budget
The problem isn't just what Musk might do, it's that he's being entrusted with it at all. The government is not a business, and what a businessman might see as "fat" to be cut might in fact not be fat at all.
Comment by elmonoenano at 26/11/2024 at 17:34 UTC
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This is a good point. Musk makes his money off of government contracts. If you had any other business and were like, "I'm going to let the guy who gets all his money from us, decide how we should spend our money b/c it's more efficient." you would be laughed at. There's the whole ethics problem of a government contractor and big campaign donor make these decisions as well, especially when he's constantly under investigation for civil rights and work place safety violations.